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RIP, Cobra. Guy was a great hitter.
A little bitter-sweet that he'll be going into the HOF post-humously. Debatable on whether he should have made it earlier. He had the hitting accolades to be up there, and he was a 2x World Series champ. Showed longevity to do it with different teams.
IMHO Dave and Keith Hernandez got a bad wrap from the writers. Think back to the late 70s and early 80s. Anyone linked with drug usage (even ONCE) got a black-mark attached to their name. That stuck with a player. And the writers never changed their view on that.
Guy swung a mean stick. Will remember him for being part of the 1979 "We Are Family" Pirates.Where's the fuckin power box, Carol?Comment -
Nice video, Nash. Thank You:
1) I liked the Phil Garner quote. Garner was an MLB veteran. His mention of Dave as the best player in MLB for 1977-79 is pretty accurate.
2) Two OF assists in that AS game. Love a good two-way player.
3) That video references the drug-use. Man, the media loved to hold that over a guy.
I never had a strong opinion on his HOF candidacy one way or the other. He probably didn't demonstrate dominance over a long enough period of time. One other funny clip that comes to mind when I think of Parker:
...This was a classic Met-Red game. Featured a fight and ejections. Watch Franco's reaction when he realizes that his Save just went up in smoke.
Where's the fuckin power box, Carol?Comment -
RIP COBRA. Guy got bad rap for the cocaine shit. He was a hell of a baseball player. They don't make em like that anymore.Comment -
Love the video but Dave was a Pirate.
Nice video, Nash. Thank You:
1) I liked the Phil Garner quote. Garner was an MLB veteran. His mention of Dave as the best player in MLB for 1977-79 is pretty accurate.
2) Two OF assists in that AS game. Love a good two-way player.
3) That video references the drug-use. Man, the media loved to hold that over a guy.
I never had a strong opinion on his HOF candidacy one way or the other. He probably didn't demonstrate dominance over a long enough period of time. One other funny clip that comes to mind when I think of Parker:
...This was a classic Met-Red game. Featured a fight and ejections. Watch Franco's reaction when he realizes that his Save just went up in smoke.Comment -
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No better judge of a player than the words of his teammates and players he played against.
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He was one hell of a player!!Comment -
And as STR pointed out, a great teammate.
You didn't want to f**k with Parker either, the dude was a beast.
Yeah, DP played the game correctly, he'll be missed.
How the Pirates chose 'We Are Family' as their anthem
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